Poultry watering fountain



7 NOV. 29, 1949 R R 2,489,431

. POULTRY WATERING FOUNTAIN Filed March 1, 1946 I 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inz'entor A tta may:

B. A. PARKER POULTRY WATERING FOUNTAIN Nov. 29, 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Filed March 1, 1946 Atlorneys Patented Nov. 29, 1949 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved fountain for use in wateringpoultry and particularly to a novel construction of fountain capable ofbeing readily cleaned and maintained in a sanitary condition.

A particular object of the invention is to provide a poultry wateringfountain so constructed that it will more readily retain itself in asanitary condition due to the fact that droppings from the fowl usingthe fountain will remain dry and consequently will not result in thespread of disease common to poultry.

A further object of the invention is to provide a fountain including adrinking bowl so constructed that the water contained therein may bereadily drained therefrom and the drainage thereof will carry on anyaccumulation of dirt or impurities.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter becomemore fully apparent from the following description of the drawings,which illustrates a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved poultry watering fountain;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view, partly broken away, of the same;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view of a portionof the fountain; Figures 4 and 5 are enlarged detailed sectional viewstaken substantially along the plane of the lines 4-4 and 55respectively, of Figure 1.

Referrin more particularly to the drawings, wherein like referencecharacters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the severalviews, 6 designates generally the poultry watering fountain in itsentirety.

The fountain proper includes a drain box 1 having an internally threadedopening 8 at one end thereof to receive the threaded end of a drain pipe9. The drain box 1 is provided with a hollow interior having a bottom 10which slopes toward the opening 8 and an open top II, for a purposehereinafter to be described. As best seen in Figure 3, a drain pan I2 isprovided with a. flanged opening 13 at the center thereof the dependingflange of which extends into the open top of the drain box 1. Adownwardly olTset annular portion 14 of the drain pan I2 seats on thetop of the drain box 1. A collar I5 seats in the flanged opening 13 andis provided with an annular outwardly projecting flange l 6 which restson the annular portion 4 for effectively securing the drain pan 12 onthe box 1,

The drain pan I2 is provided with upstanding marginal walls H whichterminate in an outturned flange 18 at its upper edge, as best seen inFigure 5. Two mesh wire fabric screens l9, which are mounted in frames20, cover the open top of the pan i2. As seen in Figure 5, the frames 20rest on the flanges l8 and are pr0- vided with downwardly projectininturned retainin lugs in any suitable manner and which engage under theflange 18 in position. It will be apparent that the screens l9 are slidaway from each other for detaching them from the top of the pan I 2. Asbest seen in Figure 2, the pan I2 is provided with a bottom 22 whichslopes toward its flanged opening 13 and as seen in Figure 3, the collarI5 is provided with a plurality of drainage openings 23 forming conduitsbetween the pan l2 and the interior of the box 1.

The opening of the collar I5 is threaded for threaded engagement withthe lower end of a short length of pipe 24 which terminates just abovethe top of the pan I 2 and around which the adjacent frame portion ofthe screen closely engages. A drinking container, designated generally25, includes a frusto-conical intermediate portion 26 which terminatesat its lower end in a tubular portion 21 which telescopes into the pipe24. 28 forms a continuation of the upper, enlarged end of the conicalportion 26 and is provided with a rolled rim 29. An inverted, coneshaped open work cage 30 is superimposed on the top of the container 25and certain of the longitudinal bars thereof are tensions 3| whichresiliently engage over the bead 29 for detachably mounting the cage30-- thereon, as best illustrated in Figure 5. One of said arcuateextensions, designated 3! a, is elongated to provide a finger hole tofacilitate detaching the cage 30 from the rim 29.

As best seen in Figure 3, an overflow pipe 32 has its lower endtelescoped into the tube portion 21 and is provided with a collar 33which bears on a sealing ring 34 to support the overflow pipe 32 and toretain the ring 34 in sealing engagement with an annular seat 35 at thebase of the conical portion 26 to form a liquid tight closure for thecontainer 25. As best seen in Figure 2, the upper end of the'overflowpipe 32 terminates below the top of the container 25. A water supplypipe 36, connected to any suitable source of water supply, not shown,extends through a wall of the box 1 and into the hollow interior 2|which may be secured theretofor detachably retaining the screens Anannular upwardly projecting wallprovided with arcuate eX--.-

thereof. The upper end of thereof and is provided with an upwardlyextending portion which extends upwardly through the pipe 32 tosubstantially above the upper end the pipe 36 is turned back upon itselfas seen at 31' in Figure 2. A float 38 pivotally connected to the openend of portion 31 and controlled by the liquid level as in the container25, controls the inlet of water from the conduit 36 to the container tonormally maintain the liquid level slightly below the upper end of thepipe 52. It will be readily apparent that when the liquid level 39 dropsbelow a predetermined point, the float 38 will drop so that the outletend of the pipe 3% will be exposed to admit water to container 25 tocause the liquid level to resume the predetermined height. Likewise, ifthe liquid level becomes too high excess water will be carried off bythe drain pipe 32 into the drain box 1 from whence it will drain offthrough the drain pipe 9.

- The container 25 will permit fowl to drink therefrom without normallysplashing any water out of the container so that any droppings or dirtfrom the fowl will fall through the screen [9 into the bottom 22 andthus be maintained in a dry condition and thereby avoid spreading ofpoultry diseases. On rare occasions when water is splashed from thecontainer 25, it will drain toward the center of bottom 22 and becarried ofi through the passages 23 so as not to accumulate in the panI2.

The length of the portion of the pipe 3:2 which telescopically engagestube 21 is less than the distance between the upper end of the pipe andthe horizontal upper portion 31 of pipe 36. Consequently, pipe 32 can beraised to disengage it from the lower end of the tube 21, while holdingthe valve 38 closed to thereby rapidly drain the container 25. Due tothe shape of container 25, dirt and impurities will be carried ofi whenit is thus drained. By releasing the valve 36 with parts thus disposed,it is possible to efficiently flush out the container 25 which, however,is ordinarily not necessary.

When using this waterer in a poultry house already equipped with a floordrain, the drain box I can be mounted inside or directly over the floordrain, in which case the drain pipe 9 can be dispensed with. The waterermay also be used outdoors anywhere that poultry Or turkeys are raised ason a range, by simply using a hole in the ground for a drain. By makingthe container 25 of different sizes and/ or by varying the height of theliquid level 39, the poultry waterer can be adapted to fowls ofdifierent sizes and ages.

' Various other modifications and changes are likewise contemplated andmay obviously be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention as hereinafter defined by the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a poultry watering fountain, a drain box, a pipe projectingupwardly therefrom and having its lower end disposed therein, a watercontainer having a tubular open bottom in telescoping engagement withthe pipe, a tubular closure for the container bottom in telescopingengagement with said tubular open bottom of the water container, saidclosure being movable upwardly relatively to the container to permit theliquid contents thereof to be discharged through the tubular bottomportion when the closure is moved out of engagement therewith, and adrip pan supported by the drain box and disposed beneath and around thecontainer, said drip pan having a slidably removable mesh wire fabriccover and a bottom sloping downwardly toward its center, a collarinterposed between the lower end of the pipe and drain box, and drainagemeans in the collar communicating with the drip pan and with the drainbox.

2. In a poultry watering fountain, a drain box, a pipe projectingupwardly therefrom, a water container having a tubular opened bottom intelescoping engagement with the pipe, a tubular closure for thecontainer bottom in telescoping engagement with said tubular bottomportion of the container, said closure being movable upwardly relativelyto the container to permit the liquid contents thereof to be dischargedthrough the tubular bottom portion when the closure moved out ofengagement therewith, said tubular closure having an upper end openingadjacent the top of the container and providing an overflow conduit, adrip pan supported by the drain box and disposed beneath and around thecontainer, and a collar interposed between the drain box and pipe andprovided with drainage means communicating with the drip pan and withthe drain box.

BERT A. PARKER.

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